Le sultan Schahriar, déçu par une premiere femme adultere, a décidé d‘épouser l’une apres l’autre les jeunes filles de son royaume, pour les exécuter le lendemain de la nuit de noces.
Sherlock recibe la noticia de un asesinato en Birlstone y tras sus pesquisas logrará desentranar un asunto cuyas circunstancias se desvelan en la segunda parte del relato, que tiene como la protagonista a la logia de los Scowrers de la zona minera ...
Los primeros relatos protagonizados por el emblemático personaje de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle se reúnen en esta edición conmemorativa para celebrar el 125 aniversario de su primera publicación.
Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson.
Volume II begins with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written.
This edition of The Sign of Four is perfect for GCSE-level students: it comes complete with the novel, plus an introduction providing context, and a glossary explaining key terms.
During the Crusades, Wilifrid, a young Saxon knight, embarks on a series of adventures to prove himself worthy of the princess Rowena, fighting the Normans and the Templars?and allied with such figures as Robin Hood and Richard the Lionheart.
This beautiful Christmas anthology contains winter adventures, seasonal poems, festive recipes and easy-to-make craft activities as well as Shirley Hughes' trademark warm and classic illustrations.
SO MANY HOMELANDS contains Berdjouhi Esmerian’s recollections of her childhood in an Armenian home in the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria, Egypt before and after World War II, as well as other historical events that changed the course of her education...
Fusioni di musica e letteratura, narrazioni parallele offerte da grandi talenti, capaci di restituire non solo il senso e il significato, ma anche l'anima dei racconti piu` belli.